Race, Ethnicity, and Racism Lesson

Race, Ethnicity, and Racism Lesson: A Multimedia-oriented, Comprehensive Teaching Resource

This Google Slide-based teaching tool incorporates various means of engagement including photographs, videos, maps, and read-alouds. Given its range, teachers may employ it in:

• Fostering dialogue during group lessons
• Fostering thoughtful discussions through smaller-group activities
• Assigning segments as independent work
• Including them in stimulating homework assignments.

The objective is to guide students through the complex subjects of race and ethnicity while examining the different facets of racism. Further instilling a level of ease as they discuss these sensitive topics.

A Gist of Core Material:

• - 'What Is Race?'
Aided by read-aloud book - Let's Talk About Race.
• - Science Behind Skin Tone Variations Across Races'
Educative curriculum on melanin with a fitting video from Bill Nye explaining skin color science.
• - 'What Is Racism?'

Bonus features:

● Vocabulary words highlighted throughout the slides ● Speaker’s notes giving guidance on structured class-related discussions

Crafted for Grades 4-9, covering subjects like Social Studies & Language Arts (additional sub-subjects include Vocabulary Comprehension) – teachers can enjoy an immersive lesson plan on a topical subject.

Finally, a summary check-in and breathing exercise intends to calm participants, reinforcing the learned concepts in students’ minds.

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